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"Automated" vs "autonomous"

To quote SAE J3016, which is the "Recommended Practice" that "provides a taxonomy describing the full range of levels of driving automation in on-road motor vehicles":

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This term has been used for a long time in the robotics and artificial intelligence research communities to signify systems that have the ability and authority to make decisions independently and self-sufficiently. Over time, this usage was casually broadened to not only encompass decision making, but to represent the entire system functionality, thereby becoming synonymous with automated. This usage obscures the question of whether a so-called “autonomous vehicle” depends on communication and/or cooperation with outside entities for important functionality (such as data acquisition and collection). Some driving automation systems may indeed be autonomous if they perform all of their functions independently and self-sufficiently, but if they depend on communication and/or cooperation with outside entities, they should be considered cooperative rather than autonomous. Some vernacular usages associate autonomous specifically with full driving automation (level 5), while other usages apply it to all levels of driving automation, and some state legislation has defined it to correspond approximately to any ADS at or above level 3 (or to any vehicle equipped with such an ADS).

Additionally, in jurisprudence, autonomy refers to the capacity for self-governance. In this sense, also, “autonomous” is a misnomer as applied to automated driving technology, because even the most advanced ADSs are not “self-governing.” Rather, ADSs operate based on algorithms and otherwise obey the commands of users.

For these reasons, this document does not use the popular term “autonomous” to describe driving automation.

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The industry about which this article is written uses the term automated, not autonomous. Autonomous is listed in SAE J3016 as a deprecated term, and having a Wikipedia article with incorrect terminology undermines Wikipedia's reliability.

Why didn't I move this talk page as well as the associated article? I got an error when I tried to do so. If someone would be kind enough to move the talk page as well, that would be fantastic.

Ewaladel (talk) 18:00, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

@Ewaladel: This retitling is clearly controversial and, even though your argument may be ultimately correct and you have a high chance of gaining support, you really do need to seek consensus for the name change, especially as it has such a large number of interested parties, and it has previously been discussed and rejected. Please follow the process described here.
Rodney Baggins (talk) 10:38, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

The facts is that, from the SAE point of view, the full autonomous vehicle is defined as the last level in a list of automated functions level. This means that you cannot unlink the one from the other. SAE is the link between them.

You say: «The industry about which this article is written uses the term automated, not autonomous.» This is not obvious, for instance, EuroNCAP defines autonomous in "Autonomous Emergency Braking" as: "the system acts independently of the driver to avoid or mitigate the accident." which implies the autonomous system is not the driver [1]

The extract you provide discuss the question of "cooperative vs autonomous" this could be dealt with in a Terminology section.

A Terminology section could contain your quotation: «Some vernacular usages associate autonomous specifically with full driving automation (level 5), while other usages apply it to all levels of driving automation, and some state legislation has defined it to correspond approximately to any ADS at or above level 3 (or to any vehicle equipped with such an ADS)»

And as you quoted, “autonomous” is the popular term to describe driving automation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.199.96.27 (talk) 17:06, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Under "Level 1" I added as an example the oldest form of driving automation, which is regular cruise control. It automates the task of continuously having to adjust engine power with the accelerator (driver's foot) to maintain a certain speed.Tavernsenses (talk) 12:18, 23 April 2019 (UTC)